Rotten
Is it excusable to kill a few indigents here and there experimenting for a miracle cure? Measures' painfully protracted Hour 2 turns into a melodramatic debate about ethics.
Mike Clark, USA Today
Extreme Measures
Not all surgery is intended to cure.
1996 · 1h 58m · R
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Michael Apted
Overview
Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. After the trail leads Luthan to the door of an eminent surgeon at the hospital, Luthan soon finds himself in extreme danger people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.
Director and cast
- Michael Apted Director
- Hugh Grant as Dr. Guy Luthan
- Gene Hackman as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
- Sarah Jessica Parker as Jodie Trammel
- David Morse as FBI Agent Frank Hare
- Bill Nunn as Det. Bob Burke
- John Toles-Bey as Bobby
- Paul Guilfoyle as Dr. Jeffrey Manko
- Debra Monk as Dr. Judith Gruszynski
- Shaun Austin-Olsen as Claude Minkins
- André De Shields as Teddy Dolson
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